Improvement in heels for boots and shoes



J. R. RYERSON.

Improvement in Heels for Boots and Shoes.

No. 129,369. Patentedluiy16,1872.

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J OHNATHON R. RYERSON, OF ST. ALBANS, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRD OF HIS RIGHT TOJOHN O. TURNER AND GILBERT L. TURNER,

OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEELS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,369, dated July 16, 1872.

Specification describing an Improved Heel for Boots and Shoes,invented by J OHNATHON R. RYERsoN, of St. Albans, in the county of Somerset and State of Maine.

This invention relates to detachable metallic heels for boots and shoes, and especially to improvements in the construction and attachment of a heel, for which Letters Patent 0f the United States were granted to B. F. Allen and J. R. Ryerson, numbered 80,109, and dated July 21, 1868. In said patent a heel is-described in which the bottom is a separate piece, and the body of the heel is made with an opening in the front to permit the heel to be sprung into place on the boot. The heel is attached by means of a staple.

The present invention consists in the construction of the heel in one piece and securing it by driving it into place and using a screw and nails as fastenings. A projection is cast on the inside of the heel, at the back, to keep it in place.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the heel and the portion of the boot to which it is attached. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same taken just in the rear of the front plate of the heel.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the two figures.

The heel consists of the main portion a and bottom I) made in one piece, of metal or composition, and preferably cast. On the under side of the bottom plate, except at the front, isaflange, c, on the edge, and an inclined tapering flange, d, is formed around the inner upper edge of the part a, except at the front. These flanges are shown in the patent above referred, and therefore need no further description here. On the inside of the heel, at the back, is a projection, e,which,when the heel is driven to place,

forms for itself a slight indentation in the leather f, and thus prevents the heel from swinging around and keeps it in place. Near the front of the heel, and about midway between its sides, a hole is formed for the passage of the fastening-screw g, and at each side of this are small holes for the insertion of nails h h. The sole f is made slightly narrower than usual where the the heel is to be pegged on, and beveled on the upper side to leavea space between the sole and counter. The sole havin g been nailed or pegged on, the heel is driven on from the back part of the shoe, the flanges d, by fitting to the edge of the sole, partially keepingthe heel in position. WVhen the heel is in place, the screw and nails are inserted through the holes in the bottom and driven into the sole and shank, thus securely fastening the heel. By my invention a heel is produced which can be manufactured very cheaply and easily applied, and when secured there is but little if any liability to work loose. These heels can be made very light and with a finished appearance, so as to be suitable for 1adies shoes. Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The heel a b 0, cast with the flange d and projection e, and adapted to be secured by means of a screw and nails, substantially in the manner described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name before two witnesses.

JOHNATHON R. RYERSON.

Witnesses:

DAVID D. STEWART,

N. H. VINING. 

